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You will notice that each photo in the Photo Gallery has a number below it. Use this number to reference the information about that photo on this page.

The photos are also separated by catagories: Water, Air and Earth.

Water
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Common Name: river otter
Scientific Name: Lutra canadensis
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2
Common Name: Dall's porpoise
Scientific Name: Phocoenoides dalli
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Common Name: California sea lion
Scientific Name: Zalophus californianus
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Common Name: harbor seal
Scientific Name: Phoca vitulina
Other Information: This harbor seal is "hauling out", or resting onshore.

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Common Name: harbor porpoise
Scientific Name: Phocoena phocoena
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Common Name: Stellar sea lion
Scientific Name: Eumetopias jubatus
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Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: Taku

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Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: Capuccino

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Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: This behavior is known as "belly-up lobtailing."

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Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: This is "breaching."

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Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: While breaching, this orca exposes her white belly patch, which enables us to determine her gender.

12
Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: This behavior is known as "cartwheeling."

13
Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: Georgia

14
Common Name: gray whale
Scientific Name: Eschrichtius robustus
Other Information: This gray whale is "throwing the flukes" before a deep dive.

15
Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: "Lobtailing" seems like much fun!

16
Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: Born around 1910, Lummi is believed to be the oldest living orca in the Salish Sea.

17
Common Name: minke whale
Scientific Name: Balaenoptera acutorostrata
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Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: Racer

19
Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: Racer, again.

20
Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: Ralph was named after Ralph Munro, an elected official who did much to protect wild orcas.

21
Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: Speiden

22
Common Name: harbor seal
Scientific Name: Phoca vitulina
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23
Common Name: orca
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Other Information: Ruffles with his characteristic "ruffled" trailing edge of his dorsal fin.

24
Common Name: mink
Scientific Name: Mustela vison
Other Information: Several mink make thier home on Stuart Island, and utilize the Salish Sea for food.

25
Common Name: Dall's poropoise
Scientific Name: Phocoenoides dalli
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Air
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Common Name: common loon
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Common Name: bald eagle
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Common Name: osprey
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Common Name: winter wren
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Other Information: The winter wren has over 400 notes in it's vocal repertoire!

5
Common Name: golden crowned kinglet
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6
Common Name: Lorquin's admiral
Scientific Name: Basilarchia lorquini
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Common Name: gray jay
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Common Name: great blue heron
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Common Name: common raven
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10
Common Name: red-breasted nuthatch
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Common Name: scrub jay
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Common Name: short-earred owl
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Common Name: western grebe
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Common Name: white-breasted nuthatch
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Common Name: turkey vulture
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Earth
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Common Name: red columbine
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Common Name: chocolate lily
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Common Name: white fawn lily
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Common Name: trillium
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Other Information: A ubiquitous forest flower that marks the beginning of spring.

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Common Name: bird's nest lichen
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Common Name: brodiaea
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Common Name: fairy slipper orchid
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Common Name: Hooker's onion
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Common Name: Mt. Baker over Saddlebag Island
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Common Name:Mt. Hood
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